Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7725
שׁוּב
shuv · “to return: return”
Used 1,073 times across 38 books
Definition
: return
1) to return, turn back
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn back, return
1a1a) to turn back
1a1b) to return, come or go back
1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
1a1d) of dying
1a1e) of human relations (fig)
1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
1a1g) of inanimate things
1a1h) in repetition
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to bring back
1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
1b4) to show turning, apostatise
1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
1d7) to turn against
1d8) to bring back to mind
1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
1f) (Pulal) brought back
1) to return, turn back
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn back, return
1a1a) to turn back
1a1b) to return, come or go back
1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
1a1d) of dying
1a1e) of human relations (fig)
1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
1a1g) of inanimate things
1a1h) in repetition
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to bring back
1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
1b4) to show turning, apostatise
1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
1d7) to turn against
1d8) to bring back to mind
1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
1f) (Pulal) brought back
Where it appears
Genesis68
Exodus28
Leviticus18
Numbers31
Deuteronomy35
Joshua36
Judges30
Ruth15
1 Samuel45
2 Samuel54
1 Kings62
2 Kings55
1 Chronicles5
2 Chronicles62
Ezra4
Nehemiah21
Esther8
Job41
Psalms73
Proverbs24
Ecclesiastes10
Song of Solomon4
Isaiah51
Jeremiah115
Lamentations15
Ezekiel64
Daniel16
Hosea22
Joel7
Amos15
Obadiah1
Jonah5
Micah4
Nahum1
Habakkuk1
Zephaniah2
Zechariah18
Malachi7
In the text
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.Genesis 8:3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.Genesis 8:7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.Genesis 8:9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.Genesis 8:12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.Genesis 14:16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.Genesis 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.Genesis 15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.Genesis 16:9And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
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